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Health Educ Res. 2011 Oct;26(5):770-81. doi: 10.1093/her/cyr022. Epub 2011 May 2.
The increase in cell phone use has manifested a growing interest in using this technology for health promotion. The portability and 'always on' features of the cell phone, along with increasing capability for the devices to carry and transfer data suggest that they will reach more people than computers and the Internet in coming years. Self-reported quantitative survey data from 1503 secondary school students in Mbarara, Uganda collected in 2008-2009 suggest that 27% currently have cell phones and about half (51%) of all students and 61% of those who owned a cell phone believe that they would access a text messaging-based HIV prevention program if it were available. Other forms of program delivery modality (e.g. Internet, religious organizations, schools) were preferred to text messaging however. We are in need of effective HIV prevention programs that can reach large audiences at low cost and are culturally relevant for the East African context. Researchers are encouraged to consider translation of effective HIV prevention programs for cell phone delivery in Africa.
手机使用的增加表明人们越来越有兴趣利用这项技术来促进健康。手机的便携性和“随时在线”的特点，以及设备携带和传输数据的能力不断增强，表明在未来几年，手机将比计算机和互联网接触到更多的人。2008 年至 2009 年在乌干达姆巴拉拉收集的 1503 名中学生的自我报告定量调查数据显示，目前有 27%的学生拥有手机，大约一半（51%）的学生和 61%拥有手机的学生表示，如果有基于短信的艾滋病毒预防方案，他们会使用。然而，他们更倾向于其他形式的项目交付模式（如互联网、宗教组织、学校等），而不是短信。我们需要能够以低成本覆盖大量受众并且与东非背景相关的有效艾滋病毒预防方案。鼓励研究人员考虑将有效的艾滋病毒预防方案翻译成适合非洲手机使用的方案。
